Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:17:01 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <v0422080db5191c87d0e2@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000411125318.20749B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000411125318.20749B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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At 12:56 PM -0500 2000/4/11, David Scheidt wrote: > I agree with most of this. English syntax is decidedly odd. The > construction "Would that Y X", though, is perfectly normal subjunctive > usage. Nevermind that, were I to quiz my cow-orkers, 80% of them wouldn't > know that. You want that I should quiz my cow-orkers over here? ;-) -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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